2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A phraseological approach to complements of lexical items and phrases
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26770175
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Setsunan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 補文 / フレーズ / フレイジオロジー |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This is an empirical investigation of the English complementation system, with a special attention to the complements of words and phrases that have not been the focus of discussion so far. Taking a phraseological approach, this study deals with a wide variety of lexical items and phrases used with complements. For example, the verb "share" and the phrase "have in common" can be followed by "that"-clauses. "Share + that-clause" has a similar meaning to "convey X to somebody else by sharing information," while "have in common + that-clause" shows that the referents in the subject share X. In both cases, X is described in "that"-clauses. Moreover, the behavior of phrase complements such as "take turns + to V/V-ing," "lend X a hand + to V/(in) V-ing," and "cannot bear + to V/V-ing/that-clause" is empirically investigated in terms of the Great Complement Shift advocated by Rohdenburg (2006).
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| Free Research Field |
英語学
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